Dr. Thomas is conducting a research study examining memory. It involves having a research assistant run into a fifth-grade classroom shouting that she has lost her pet monkey. She says that the monkey is brown and that he is wearing a red coat

One week later, the children are asked questions such as "What color hat was the monkey wearing?" Sammy answers "Blue." Why is Sammy remembering something that did not actually happen?
A) He is relying on his reconstructive memory.
B) He has very limited long-term memory capacity.
C) His sensory store perceived the color incorrectly.
D) He is having difficulty with his working memory.

A) He is relying on his reconstructive memory. In reconstructive memory you patch together what probably happened based on the bits and pieces you actually stored along with other relevant information from memory and from external cues.